i'm very proud to urge all senators to support judge groh's nomination. madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, i rise today to support the nomination of michael fitzgerald as the senate prepares to vote on his confirmation to become a district court judge. i had the great privilege of recommending mr. fitzgerald to president obama for nomination. he is a respected member of the los angeles legal community. he will make an excellent addition to the central district of california. mr. fitzgerald served as a federal prosecutor where he handled cases involving international drug rings and money laundering, including what was at the time the second-largest cocaine seizure in california history. since he's left the u.s. attorney's office, mr. fitzgerald has been in private practice handling complex criminal and civil cases. he received a rating of unanimously well qualified by the american bar association. he is an historic choice, and a vote on mr. fitzger

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that right to a company show sold half of the catalog to, and they could make the decision and dave groh in nirvana said it was okay and he's in the movie. this one, shawn, give three points to the green one. >> kermit, 3; courtney love, zero. thank you so much for filling us in, harvey. we look forward to seeing you guys here on tmz on tv at 6:30. >>> and some harsh words from a actor, he slammed kim kardashian as an on in an interview saying she was a picture of stupidity celebrated. kardashian responded on twitter saying she respects hamm and she runs her own business, produces, writes, and designs so she can't be that stupid. and. >>> now to brian bolter for more. >>> one council member is suspicious about contributions made to his own campaign. why he's questioning the donations. >>> and beefing up cameras in arlington. proposed next year to have red light budget and worried about the new safety, the popularity on the purple line could put it through a busy intersection.  . >> ating a lot of red meat could shorten your life span, particularly processed red meat and is linked to p

joining us tonight to talk about the risks and the fastest groh growing group of patient is andrew.hank you so much for coming in tonight. >> you're welcome. thanks for having me. >> you hear so much about cancer, yet colon cancer, the third most commonly diagnosed cancer. why do we know so little about it? why is there such lack of awareness on this? >> colon cancer is the third most common cancer, but it's the second leading cause of cancer deaths, second only to smoking related lung cancer. so if people stop smoking, 89% of lung cancer would go away and colon cancer would be the number one cause of cancer death in this country. one out of 19 people will get colon cancer. this is a major issue that people aren't talking about. >> we need to. >> we do need to. traditionally, people haven't talked about it because they have been embarrassed to talk about that part of the body. but this is a disease that very much has to be talked about. >> it's a killer. and i wanted to ask you, who is most at risk for colon cancer and why? >> traditionally, it's been an older person's disease. the

. >> get rid of the tax shelters and lower everybody's tax rates get faster groh.a revolutionary way cleaning up loopholes in the tax. >> the budget would reduce spending 5.3 trillion more than the president's budget. >> look at where our country is headed. look at where the president and his budget is taking the country. >> the republic budget is a prescription for economic decline and for shedding the social safety net. >> paul ryan has long searched for ways to keep medicare from collapsing in trillions in unfunded liabilities. he would change nothing for those over 55. while future seniors would have a choice among competing plans. >> allows seniors, will allow seniors the opportunity to stay on the current medicare program if that's what they desire or voluntarily move to a different program through a premium support process. >> now, democrats oppose such changes saying they would end medicare as we know it republicans argue medicare as we know it won't survive without changes. so the battle lines are drawn, shep. not just in congress but in the elections and

there be 30 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in the motion to invoke cloture on the groh nomination. there will be three roll call votes tomorrow beginning at 11:30. pardon my interrupting you, mr. president. so, mr. president, there there be three roll call votes beginning at 111:30, including passage of the transportation bill. at 2:30, there will be up to 17 cloture votes on judicial nominations. we're working with various parties to see if we can work something out on those nominations. we hope we can. but if not, we'll have those votes. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until wednesday, march 14, at 9. wednesday, march 14, at 9. for cato institute internal affairs senior vice president for the center for american progress. thank you for being here. if i can with you, we want to talk about whether or not hate crime laws are working. are they? >> hate crime laws are working and i think they're working for a couple of reasons. when they send a powerful s

tomorrow, there will be two votes on confirmation of groh and fitzgerald to be trial judges in our federal judiciary. additional votes are possible. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until helping one another, not federal grants. [applause] america must be restored to her proper role in the world, but we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves. >>> the panel of u.s. ambassadors from countries including libya, egypt and tunisia spoke in washington on monday. they talked about the economic and political prospects in the countries and others. the national u.s.-arab chamber of commerce hosts this 45 minute event. islamic ipo ambassador for that. very interesting. we are going to convene now on our first panel in full attendance, and i think perhaps should we start down at the end with ambassador gray, and if you could give us five minutes of introduction and then we will start with our q&a. >> thank you very much into

at 2:00 there will be a roll call vote on groh and then followed by one on fitzgerald, the trial judges in our federal court system. additional votes are possible today. i'm told, mr. president, that s. 2191 is due for its second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 2191, a bill to amend the americans are disabilities act of 1990, to prohibit the attorney general from administering or enforcing certain accessibility regulations relating to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings regarding this bill. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, the day after tomorrow, saturday, senator barbara mikulski becomes the longest-serving woman in the history of the united states congress. we'll mark that occasion on saturday with a when her family and friends will be here in the capitol. i thought it was important that we note very briefly here today this milestone